Valley Land Fund youth photography competition winners declared

Snaps of South Texan flora, fauna and wildlife were clicked and sent in to be judged by 3 experts of photography very recently. The Southern Exposures Youth Nature Photo Competition 2014 winners have been declared. Top snapper in Division I is Catarina Galindo, while Division II is topped by Quinn Sullivan and Division III's top snapper is Daena Ciomperlik. Each photographer has won US$ 100, and their snaps would be a part of an exhibit which would be featured around Rio Grande Valley.

The highest scoring snappers were Gabriella Torres for Division II and Gene Vaughan for Division III, each with nearly perfect. They each had nearly perfect score - twenty nine out of thirty. Debralee Rodriguez, the Executive Director of Valley Land Fund, told that US$ 5000 total was handed to photographers who placed 1st through 3rd in 3 divisions as well as 8 categories. The snaps are judged on a variety of standard, including technical excellence, originality, overall impact, artistic merit and composition.

3 judges were responsible for selecting the cream of the crop. Copy Zone's Tony Corso, who is a members of the Valley Land Fund board, and he is very familiar with nature photography. The other two were Keely Lewis, a retired photography instructor, and Karine Aigner, a former senior picture editor for the National Geographic Kids Magazine. The snaps have been on display at the Quinta Mazaltlán earlier this week, but the showcase would soon be moved.

Rodriguez told that typically, they go to PalmFest, the schools, public libraries; and therefore, they go on a tour through the month of December. Officially, they start tour o1st October.